VOLXXXII
THE BUTLER pAIR!
SEPTEMBER 3,4, 5 & 6,1895.
rates on all the railroads during three days.
Lists on application tc the Secretary.
W. P. ROESSING, Butler, Pa.
BL J&aJl .JOL
Both Trumps
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LOOK! At Our Prices.
Men's Tan Shoes that sold at #5.50 go at $3.50.
Men's Tan Shoes that sold at *4.00 go at *2.25.
Men's Tan Shoes that sold at $3.25 go at #1.75.
Bov's Tan Shoes that sold at $2.00 go at # 1 .00.
' Men's Calf Shoes that sold at Jr.so go at $ 1.00.
Men's Every Day Shoes that sold at Jr. 25 go at 90c.
Boy 's Every Day Shoes that sold at f 1 .GO go at 75c.
Ladies Shoes,
Grandest Bargains
Ever Offered.
Indies' fine dongola patent tip shoes at 90c.
Ladies' flexible sole shoes lace and button at 1r.50.
Ladies' russctt shoes hand turns at f2.00.
Ladies' nissett shoes heel or spring at fi.oo.
Women's heavy tip shoes ft. 00.
Women's heavy shoes button fr.oo.
Misses heavy shoes in lace or button at 75c.
Children's school shoes 50c to 75c.
Owing to the material advance the manufacturers have advanced on all their
roods—but as our large fall and winter stock which is arriving daily was bought
before the advance, I am now prepared to show the largest stock of reliable Boots
and Shoes ever brought to Butler, and at such > emarkably low prices that you arc
sure to buy. Our stock is large and complete. Full stock of Men's and Boy's
heavy Boots; Full stock of rubber goods; Complete stock of Felt Boots and Shoes—
Also line of warm lined Shoes and Slippers— Men's, Women's and Misses' heavy
shoes in all material's and all at the old LOW PRICE.
When in Butler call and see me. Mail orders receive prompt attention.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 H Main Street,
BUTLER, PA.
Branch Store ,2 5 N. riain st,
JVxln) SIZES in Muslin audi JjZr
iGauge Underwear at greatly^
* Reduced Prices. f **
MOTHER Cut in Millinery! Any flower
/\in the house for 7cts. Another table of
9c ribbon—you will find this just as good
as we sold last week.
i\ LL ofour LINEN and SILK
*»GLOVES AT ,L^ <t
'f
M. F. & M. MARKS,
113. to 117 S. Main St.
It*
st v i i<: s.
The styles in shoes are constantly under-going changes. To be in the
front ranks of fashion as far as your shoes are concerned will cost you
nothing, in additional to what it costs plenty of others to wear
"out of date" shoes, if you buy your shoes at RUFF'S. We
aim to lie the first to show the latest arid prettiest styles
in Ladies' Gentlemen's and Childrens' Fine Footwear,
and to lead in the lowest prices consistant with
ri liable goods. That we are succeeding in
our ambition to please is attested by our
large and increasing trade. As here
tofore we continue to deal in the solidest
and best wearing Boots and Shoes made for
every day wear anil heavy work shoes, such as
farmers,oil men and mechanics generally wear. Our
Women's and Childrens' Waterproof Shoes will wear an
entire winter. One pair of shoes or lioots all around for everv
dav use and are fixed for the winter if bought at RUFF'S.
While price is always considered after service in our shoes, you
will find it as low if not lower than yon have been paying for inferior goods.
A- RUFF & SON.
And Trumps Lead —
Our Line of fine Shoes
ought to draw you to
to the inspection of
their merits Prices
have touched the bot
tom.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Register's Notice.
The Register hereby given notice that
the following accounts of executors, ad
ministrators and guardians have been
filed in his office according to law, and
will be presented to Court for confirma
tion ana allowance on Saturday, the 7th
day of Sept. 1895, at nine o'clock. A. M.,
of said day:
1. Final account of Elizabeth M. Maiz
land administratrix of Robert Mainland
deceased late of Clinton Township.
2. Partial account of Amos Reep, ex
ecutor of Istac Reep deceased late of
Donegal township.
3. Final account of Adaline A. Taylor,
administratrix of Win. K. Taylor, de
ceased, late of Brady township.
4. Final account of John M. Dunn, ex
ecutor of Jane Beighley, deceased, late of
Connoquenessins; township.
5. Final account of Louisa A. McNa
mer and J. C. Wimer, executors of Jennie
Wiiner deceased.late of Portersville boro.
6. Final account of Robert G. Craw
ford, guardian of William M. Crawford,
minor child of Isabella Crawford deceas
ed. as filed by John Crawford administra
tor of Robert G. Crawford deceased.
7. Final account of Satnuel Mock, ad
ministrator of Susan Barn hart, deceased,
late of Fairview township.
8. First Partial account of Joseph P..
Kelly, and Dan Kelly, executors of Job
Kelly, deceased, late of Cherry town
ship.
9. Final account of J. M. Lindsey,
guardian of Mary L. Smith, minor child
of Wm. V. Lindsey, deceased late of
Jackson township.
10. Final account of James B. Niblock.
and Harrison Dyke, executors of Jacob
Niblock deceased, late of Conuoqueness
ing township.
11. Final account of Thoma* Donaghy,
administrator of George W. Ziegler, de
ceased late of Butler l>oro.
12. Final account of James R. McCand
less, administrator of Mary McCandles-s
deceased, late of Cherry tow, nship.
13. Final account of Robert Krause,
executor of Robert Cooper, deceased late
of Winfield township.
14. Distribution account of Elizabeth
Gilkey, executrix of Rol>ert Gilkey de
ceased, late of Slipperyrock township
15. Final account of Ferd Reiber.
guardian of Nora L, Reed minor child
of Wilson E. Reed deceased, late of
Butler boro.
16. Final account of Mary Campbell,
adminiftratrix of Silas Campl>ell deceas
ed late of Washington township.
17. Final account of Andrew G. Camp
bell, trustee to make sale of the real es
tate of Reuben Musselman deceased late
of Harmony boro.
iS. Final account of John 11. Gonnley,
guardian of Mary Mortland, minor child
of Stephen Mortland deceased, late of
Marion township.
19, Final account of William Shepard
and George M. Shepard, executors of
John Shepard deceased, late of Middle
sex township.
20. Partial account of Maggie S. Cov
ert, now Morrison, executrix of Miles
Covert, deceased, late of Adams town
ship.
WIDOWS' APPRAISEMENTS.
Tlie following widows' ar>prai#ement» of
pergonal property aod real eatate f>et apart
for the benefit ol the widows of decedent*
have been filed in the office of the Clerk of
Orphan* 1 < ourt ot Butler county, T>-
Y\ ieiow of Ja'uer- MeKiuney 34
'• Campbell Bartley 30*> <K>
•' F. P. Baldaof (realty Sou 00
" Oeorce Weckbecker 300 00
" Amezitth Kelly 0<
" Alexander Morriaon ZWB -i
" Kev. S.tni'l W'illiaiiin 300 <M
" J-a 1 all N. Brown W-> 60
" Jerem'h Keinter (realty).... 300 00
" IraHtauffer 300 00
" Daniel G. McLaughlin 300 00
All peraons interested in the above ai'
praisements will take notice that tliey wil
i>e presented for confirmation to the Or
phaiis' Court of Butler county, Pa., on Sal
urdav, the 7th <lay of September, 180 , aiii
if no exception* are filed they will be cn
firmed absolutely,
JOSEPH CRISWELL,
Clerk O. C
Road and Bridge Reports.
Notice is hereby given that the following
road and bridge views have been confirroci
nisi by the Court and will be presented t.
court on Saturday morning of (be fi's: weelt
of September, 18!*5. and if no exception* art
filed they will be eoLfirmed absolutely.
it I). No. 1, .1 une Session, 1895. petition
of citizen! of Clinton township tor a county
bridge over Bull Creek where the pub'it
road leading from the ftaxonburg road cross
es »a d creek on the (arm of Stephen liemp
hiH, in '/aid township.
.March 13th. 1 viewers appointed by
the Court and .!une 3d, 1895, repon ol view
era filed a a'lng that the bridge prayed for
in necessary and the root of election mote
than the township of Clinton should l»eai
and report in lavor of the county ertctinj;
the name. No damage* assessed.
BV THE CO IK?.
R. D. No, 2. June Session, 1X95. petition
of citizens of Jackson township for a public
road to Ix-gin at a point on the Ze'eno; u
Mid Perrvaville public road at or near tin
house of Caaper Scheel an t to extend to r
point on the public toad called the "Big
Mill road," at or near the bouse of George
Knautl'. May 4th. 1895, viewers appointed
by the court, and June 3d, 1895, r»|«<rt o'
viewers filed, stating that the road prayed
for ia necessary and have laid out the same
for public use between the point* naiaed ii
petition; cost of making about one hundred
dollars, to be borne by the township; the
damages assessed. thirty dollars to (>eor*e
Knautl ami filty dollars to August Rinehurt
released by the same.
June sth, 1895, approved, and fix width ol
load at 33 feet. Notice to be given accord
ing to rules of court.
Ey the Court.
Hitler Coi kty. ss:
Certified from the record this 6th day ol
August A. I). 1895.
JOSEPH CRISWFLL,
Clerk Q. 8. Court.
It makes the sun hot
To see that his rays haven't the slight
est effect upon a man clad in our Rtiit
such as we make. They are the coole:-.
ami most comfortable summer garment:
to he had.
The Sun Doesn't look happy, but tli<
man who is wearing one of our stiintnei
suits on these sweltering summer flays
does. Dressing for the weather is hall
the battle. Unless you have tried th<
thing you can have no idea how ttiucl
more comfortable you will feel in a neg
ligee shirt and one of our suits.
N. B.—You don't really need the licg
ligee shirt—if you have the clothes.
Nature Teaches that the living crca
ttire of the highest intelligence is mar.
because he of all most perfectly adapt'
himself to his environment. Where
shall we class the man who has the mon
ey to buy cool, comfortable summer
clothes and doesn't do it? Nature smiles
upon the man clad in one of <>ur minmcr
suits. He keeps cool.
CIPEIi I CO
Cor. Diamond, Butler, Pa
lUITLER. PA..THUKSDAY. AUGUST 22, 1805.
What You Need
When yon are weary and worn, without
an appetite, have no ambition, sleepless,
nervous and irritable, is purified, enriched
and vitalized blood; and remember
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Is the only true blood purifier promi
nently in the public eye. fl;slxforfs.
HririH'e Pillc cure all llTerllls, bilious
llOOU S rills oess. hea-laches. 25c.
HEINEMAN SON,
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HEINEMAN 4 SON.
( I<EAT SAMPLE SALE.
Sum mer Siloes,
AT
Half= Prices.
Just received 1,000 pair:; <>!
Summer Sample Shoes and Slip
pers. These goods arc to be sold
.it once. 1 bought them at try
own price and you can have them
at yours. These samples were
not bought to make money on,
but to keep tilings lively duri:-j»
the dull season.
Prices Good for 10 Days Only
Ladies' I-'inc Tan Oxfords, $ i and
$1.25 kind # 65
Ladies' Fine Dongola Oxfords, 75c
kind $ 40
Ladies' Fine Cloth Slippers j/<> at... 21
Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, heel, (,2
kind fi 10
Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, spring, $2
kind $1 10
Ladies' Fine Kid Button Shoes re
duced to f 84
Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, $2 kind,... 1 25
Boys' and Youths' Fine Tan Shoes
#2 kind $ 1 10
Misses and Children's Tan Shoes
Space forbids ine quoting fur
tier,but if you will call during this
Sample Sale you will see Summer
S hoes going cheaper than ever be
fore. Don't delay but come at
once and try
The New Shoe Store
During This
SAMPLE SALE OF SUMMER
SHOES.
C. E. MILLER,
255 S. Main St., Butler, Pa,
Seanor & Nace's
Livery, Feed and Hale Stable,
Wear ol Wick House. Bull* r I'a
The hi ol hor.-cs and Brut clihh
rij.'" h!w a \ m •* ft hand and f.jr hire.
Best accommodations in town f<.r
permanent hoarding and trar.focii
trade. Special care guaranteed.
Stable room for aixty five horeeK
A good clhhh of I own, lioth driv
era and draft horses alwaja on hand
(irul lor hale under a full guaruii'ee;
pr»«l hornen bought upon proper
fi ntion bv sCANOR A N ACK.
All kiiiflw ol live (stock bought at.d
Hold
Teh plone at Wick House.
HOUSEHOLD ENAMEL,
MCI'KKKKMCM I'AIIT AMI VAKIISII.
Ciui lin applii-d to any smooth «nrface,o"
:urniture, wood, any kiml of mei il
inr.luiliiiK kitchen utensils.
Maken old articles look now and i* much
loeil on bicycles, carriii(fon, stoves, etc.
Heiinires only one emit, ix applied eold
with linifh and dries absolutely bard anil
(f!nH«y in 2 bourn— will not crack, chip,
blister or rub off.
Sample bottle sent on receipt of price.
; ounceH 15c, 4 ounce* 25c, 8 ounces 40c.
West Deer Park Prin tin/5 ink Co.,
4 >Tk.v llkvok. Sr Vk.v Vo a
AGENTS WANTED.
A WESTERN WOOING.
BT «ATE M. CLEAR*.
People had become rather tired of
tne romance. Perhaps in part because
it had ceased to be romantic. When
first Andulasia Stebbins had come out
from Illinois-*« live with her mother
and stepfather on the Nebraska prairie
it was considered by the neighboring
farmer folk quite proper, probable and
desirable that Ira Harris, whose half
section joined that of her relatives,
should fail in love with her—which he
promptly did.
Ira was thirty, stout, stolid, loutish,
methodical, lie was a successful man.
This is hardly to be explained of a per
son with the characteristics mentioned
unless one includes selfishness. To be
supremely selfish is so frequently to be
successful. At the time of their meet
ing Andulasia was twenty-seven. There
are women of twenty-seven and women
of twenty-wren. She was one of the
latter. With her square figure, her
unequivocal complexion, her dull
brown hair, and her calculating eyes
she looked her years. One would never
excuse her mistakes on the ground of
Immaturity. One could never condone
them on that of impulse. Indeed, to
attribute to her certain errors would
be subtle flattery. She was not the
kind of a woman who is ordinarily sub
jected to temptation.
Harris, however, accepted her pro
pinquity and her affection much as he
accepted the drotrftht or the price of
hogs. He was willing she should de
cline the company of other men on his
account He reasoned that if her step
father, old man Solveriny, were to
clear off the mortgage on his place and
die, and if the two sickly young Sol
verinys died also, she would be wealthy
in her own right, as wealth is estimated
in the Philistine west Consequently
it might prove a prudent proceeding to
wait for Andulasia.
So he waited.
A year after their acquaintance l>e
gan he gave her an inkling of his senti
ments. Her concurrence with bis
views was almost pathetic. It was
alert, reciprocal, conclusive. Matri
mony at some indefinite date they
might look forward to. Such an in
discretion at the present time would
be a tremendous mistake.
"Of course, Ira," she said, "land's
land. And if my stepfather and your
mother—who is mighty feeble, I notice —
and the twins don't die there won't bo
any land for us worth mentioning,
much less a-marryin' on."
Nevertheless she felt a» the years,
two, three, four passed, that her ac
ceptance of his suggestion had been a
trifle overemphatic and unconsidered.
Fate, she could not in justice rail
against One of the twins succumbed
to ivy poisoning. The other, a few
months later, was run down by the
train. Andulasia's stepfather went
the way of the apoplectic, and Ira's
mother, with utter disregard for the
sensation she might have caused,
slipped from life in the most meek,
genteel and unimpressive manner
imaginable. Then there was only Ira
on one farm, and Andulasia and her
mother on the other. No apparent ob
stacle intervened. Still Ira did not
ft peak, and it was seven years since
Andulasia had come from Illinois. Ha
frequently visited her, helped her, and
deferred to her. He carried her but
ter and eggs into town and "traded"
them; when the circus was in the coun
ty seat, he drove her there; he took
her into the side show where the fat
woman was on exhibition: he bought
her pink lemonade, and peanuts, and
hot candy made on the grounds. He
escorted her to the merry-go-round at
Mahaska and rodo side by side with
her on the spotted ponies. He drove
her into town twice a week. They at
tended prayer meeting together. They
both professed religion at the revival.
He bought eleven tickets for her crazy
quilt rattle. He was in all things her
constant and dependable cavalier, but
he never once mentioned marriage—
never once.
In this manner eight more years
passed. She was forty-two. He was
forty-five. He was stouter, more stolid.
She had some wrinkles, gold fillings
In her teeth, a reputation for irascibil
ity—also a comfortab'e bank account
One day Ira brought Andulasia a let
ter. It was from her mother's brother
who lived in lowa. He was dying. He
wished to see her. She handed Ira the
letter.
"Shall I go?" she asked.
Harris deliberated. "Has he money?"
he questioned.
"Yes."
"Then go."
He saw her off the next day. She
wore a new dress that didn't fit in the
back. The skirt was too short at the
sides. Her shoes were dusty. The
heat had taken the curl out of her
bangs. She had forgotten to bring the
piece of chamois skin with the powder
on it, which she was in the habit of
using surreptitiously. Her nose shone
as if polished. She wore kid gloves
which were too large.
The train was late. As they walked
np and down the platform she talked
to Ira steadily and monotonously. Hho
warned him about the brindle cow,
and advised him concerning a piece of
his fence which needed repairing.
He heard her, but all the time he
was watching a girl who played with
the agent's children in a green patch
near the station. She was a little
blonde sprite who hail come from
Omaha to visit the agent's wife.
"Of course," he said.
"And you won't forget about the
chopped feed?"
He gave her an intense glance. "How
could I?"
"You'll see that Star gets well
watered?"
"I'll attend to it."
"You'll have Alvy Murk hum pull
parsley for the young pigs?"
"I will."
"And—O, yes! If mother seems to
feel another lit coming on you'll get
her a bottle of Indian relief cure at the
drug store."
The train steamed In. Anduhuila
went awav Ira did not kiss her She
was relieved —ami disappointed. The
conductor and the train boy might
have laughed. Hut then ho should
have cared enough to risk that
When the train had pulled out and
was well around the bend, Harris, who
had lingered on tlie platform, asked
the agent to introduce him to his
visitor. The agent did so.
Harris joined In the games of tho
children, lie made himself clumsily
delightful. Soda water was unknown
in that particular small town, but Ira
did the next best thing. He bought
bananas and chocolate drops with a
reckless liberality which would havo
made the absent Andalusia doubt his
sanity could she but have been aware
of his behavior.
He came to the depot the next day,
the next ami the next The little visitor
with the flax-flower eyes and yellow
hair smiled divinely.
"The children," she 'confided to the
agent's wife, "are having such u good
time. It is all great fun."
Hhe even thought It was great fun
when she went buggy riding with Mr.
Harris.
"Take me past your farm," she com
manded.
He grew red with ecstasy at the ro
quest. He explained apologetically
■rnny conditions of his property as
they drove by.
Three weeks passed—four. Harris
had several letters from lowa. The
contents of the letters were ohicfljr
relative to hogs, and pasturage, and
baled hay, and discounts. Ira did not
actually dread Andulasia's return, but
he would have preferred to postpone It
Indefinitely. To be sure, they had con
sidered the possibility of an engage
ment once, but he had never been
really engaged to her. He never could
be now. It was only right she should
understand that. She was a sensible
woman. She would understand that In
such a matter a man had a right to
please himself.
As for Aly«, was there ever such an
eye, such a hand, such a voice, such a
foot, such a smile. To be sure he had
once met Alys walking home from
church with the lumberman But
then the lumberman was only young
and good looking. It was well known
he was conducting the yard for an
English firm on a salary. To compare
Vail to him —Harris—who was so "well
fixed!" There could be no comparison.
One evening in late summer, when
Ira was jogging into town, he settled
mentally all minor matters to his sat
isfaction. He decided to whom he
would rent his farm, the kind of house
he would build in town, the direction
his wedding journey would take, the
brotherly letter he would leave for
Andulasia, and the invitation he would
send the lumberman to be present at
his wedding.
He dismounted at the post office,
which was also the general store and
tin shop. There was a letter for him
—a letter from Andulasia.
"Deah Lra: Things Is all upset Cncle John
died a week ago. They can't find no will, and
I'm tired walling tor dead men's stocking*.
Meet me night after to-morrow. Your
"AMVVLABIA STSBBINS "
Harris smiled curiously as he stuffed
the letter in his pocket. He was think
ing of the Omahagir'. The next night
Andulasia arrived. She was fatter
than ever. Her Eton suit was crum
pled. She wore a shirt waist It was
voluminous and not immaculate.
"Well, it's you, Ira. I'm clean beat
Tut them things in the buggy while I
get some aody and yeaat up-town."
"Up-town" Miss Stebbins learned
several things, chief of which was that
Ira Harris had transferred his affec
tions to Miss Alys Lane.
Half way home Andulasia said quiet
ly:
"I hear you reckon to marry Miss
Lane."
Her composure, the loss of her ex
pected fortune, the witchery of Alys,
all gave Harris courage.
"I—l was figgerin' some on it," he
avowed.
He drove Andulasia to her home, but
Bhe did not again broach the subject
He went baek to town that evening.
He met Alys at an ice-cream sociable.
He gained grace of heart and pro
posed.
She laughed gently.
"I am honored, Mr. Harris, of
course," she said. "But I always sup
posed you were engaged to Miss Steb
bins. I am to marry Mr. Vail at Christ
mas."
The following evening, Ira, feeling
exceedingly depressed, went to call on
Andulasia. He found her talking with
a brother farmer, a widower with
three children. He asked to apeak to
her a moment alone.
"Fact is, Andulasia," he said, "it's
you I want. I fancied for awhile I'd
like that slli v little thing. I musthave
been kind of hypternized. I'm sure
now it's you I want"
Andulasia smiled —a peculiar smile.
"I've just promised to marry Mr.
Muggs. He asked me last night be
fore he found out what you know."
"What I know? Andulasial"
"Yes. The news that come in on the
noon train, about the will being found,
and me getting seven thousand dollars,
and—"
"Andulasia!"
What a fine woman she was. Why
had he never noticed that fact before?
"It's true!" she declared trium
phantly.
"But," he fairly howled, "I've been
meaning for fifteen years to marry you,
Andulasia!"
"Then, why didn't you?" inquired
Andulasia.
He remembered some lines he had
once read. It would be quite safe to
repeat them as original, for Andulasia
never read anything.
"I feared my fate too much," he pro
tested, striking his breast dramatic
ally, "and my deserts was too small!"
He did not impress Andulasia. She
turned scornfully away to where Mr.
Muggs waited.
"Go baek," sho counseled, "to that
yeller-haired girl at the depot."
He did go back, but not to the depot.
"Eh?" said the saloonkeeper. "We
don't often see you, Mr. Harris."
"No. But I feel to-night as if I'd
got a chill. I'll take some straight"
—Chicago Tribune
Too Had I
Mrs. Beresford Vanderbillion sat alono
In her parlor on upper Fifth avenue.
"Theodore," she remarked to ono of
her flunkeys who had been summoned
into her majesty's presence. "Theo
dore, have you sent out the cards for
the tea?"
"Yes, madam."
"No disappointments?"
"No. Mrs, Stevedore, Mrs. Vanaster,
Mr. and Mrs. Vlncerbilt, and all with
one exception have promised to attend."
"Who is the exception, Theodore?"
"Mrs. Van Ilouser. Wo have just re
ceived word of her death.'
"Then she will probably not be
present," muttered Mrs. Vanderbillion,
languidly. "How irritating!"— Truth.
A I'lacf.
Little Louise (at Long Branch) —Ma-
bel, why don't your mamma wear
diamond earrings like my mamma's?
Mabel—She left 'em home, and papa's
hid 'em whero the robbers can't get
'em.
"Whero has he hid 'em?"
"Why, I heard him tell mammi that
he had put them up In the spout, and
he guessed they would stay there." —
Texas Slftings.
llopflMl.
"Papa."
She knelt beside tho dejected flguro
and fondly kissed the drooping head.
"Papa, can I not keep the wolf from
the door with my singing?"
He was without hope, although he
smiled. '
"My child," he sighed, "your singing
would keep almost unybody from the
door, but the wolf is pretty nervy, you
know."—Detroit News-Tribune.
lloiH'Hty tho float Policy.
"Yes," sighed the virtuous grocer, "It
is really too bad." The honest blood
coursed through his veins and lit up his
kindly face. He bent down and looked
Into a basket Intently, while a sudden
spasm passed oyer him. "Yes," ho re
peated, "it Is too bad," and he picked
the egg out of the basket marked thirty
cents, and gently dropped it among
those for twenty-five.—Truth.
An Important Rtibjeet.
Miss Brickrow Is thut lady a new
boarder?
Mrs. Brickrow —No, she has only
rented a quiet room here to work In.
She Is writing a book on "How to Bring
Up Children."
"Why doesn't sho write at home?"
"Too noisy. She has children."—N.
Y. Weekly.
rinyliiic for
Mrs. nicks —It's raining hard; let me
get you an umbrella.
Hicks—Get me Dick's baseball mask.
Mrs. Hicks—Why, that won't shed
water.
Ilh'ks All I want Is to keep other
people's umbrellas out of iny eyes.—N.
Y. World.
ABOUT GOOSE RAISING.
Th« Most Proflt*bl« Varieties and How to
Rear and Fatten.
Geese as an article of food are more
highly esteemed in Europe than in this
country, where the turkey occupies
first place iu our affections. Neverthe
less, the juicy meat ia most toothsome,
and a larger demand for it mir»ht
readily be developed. Under suitable
conditions these water fowl are very
profitable. If given the range of a
good pasture, with plenty of water,
they need less care and attention than
turkeys or chickens. They are hardy,
easily raised and less subject to lice,
while their food is less expensive.
Their feathers should pay the expense
of their keep, the returns from the
birds themselves being clear profit
The Toulouse and the Embden are
the best known breeds of geese, and
there is more money in raising them
than in the small mongrel stock often
seen, as they produce twice as much
meat and feathers and fatten more
readily for market. The Toulouse are
the largest (feese known. They have
gray plumage and are quiet and gentle
in disposition.
Tne Embdens are pure white, a cir
cumstance which causes them to be
preferred by many. They are some
what smaller than the Toulouse and
their plumage is more compact. A
pood cross for the market is a Tou
louse gander and Embden goose.
Geese begin to lay when about a year
old. The gander is best for breeding
purposes after his second year, and he
will remain in vigor for several sea
sons. Old geese make better mothers
than young ones and should be kept
for breeding and laying. When first
commencing to lay, geese are apt to be
irregular, but as they mature they will
lay regularly and (rive a litter of fif
teen or twenty eggs before attempting
ram tocuch ooosc.
to sit. Geese average about forty-five
eggs in a year, but Occasionally run up
to sixty, or even seventy. Breeding
geese should be kept rather thin in
flesh and have a free grass range.
Newly hatched goslings do not require
food for the first twenty-four hours.
They should be fed on hard boiled
eggs, chopped fine, stale bread soaked
In milk, scalded meal, boiled potatoes,
etc., and kept away from the water for
the first fortnight and housed in a dry
place until strong enough to run about
wel-
Geese require grass as much as cat
tle and should have it in abundance.
They also feather out more quickly
when permitted to run on green pasture
and have plenty of water. Under these
conditions they should produce a good
erop of feathers every ten weeks. They
should not be plucked while laying, as
it is impossible for them to moult
artificially and produce strong eggs at
the same time. If the feathers are
ripe they will come easily and are dry
at the quill end. If soft and bloody,
they must be left for some time
longer.
Geese usually sell best at the Christ
mas holidays, and not at Thanksgiv
ing, as many suppose. The demand
for them is greater in the colder
weather. The Irish and Germans are
the largest consumers of geese in this
country. IJefore marketing geese
must be fattened. This process will
occupy from two to three weeks. They
should be put in a darkened room,
with sufficient light for them to see to
eat, awl be given ull the oats and coru
xneal they can consume. They must
not be separated like fowls, as they aro
very sociable and pine away if kept In
solitude. As soon as the desire for
food slackens, they should bo killed,
as they are as fat as they will get and
will lose flesh instead of gainlng it.—
N. Y. World.
IlreeU for KKB» or Meat.
liens afford a profit from eggs and
flesh, and yet they excel, according to
the breed used, in either direction. He
who wishes to make eggs a specialty
should pay but very little attention to
the market qualities o"f the breed,
while those who wish to raise the best
birds for the market should make eggs
a secondary matter. It should be the
aim to secure both, if possible, but no
breed combines in itself all the re
quirements for eggs and flesh. If wo
secure a breed that comes up to such a
standard it may be lacking in aome
other direction, perhaps tender when
young and not hardy. Always, how-
have a definite object in view.
Proper Food for C'lilckrnt.
Chickens fed on an exclusive corn
diet will not make a satisfactory de
velopment, particularly of feathers.
The bones of chickens fed on ft nltro
geneous ration are fifty per oent.
stronger than thaso fed on a carbona
clous ration. Hens fed on corn, while
not suffering in general health, be
come sluggish and deposit large masses
of fat in the internal organs. The
flesh of nitrogeneous-fed fowls con
tains more albuminoids and lesa fat
than those fed on a carbonaceous ra
tion, Is darker colored. Juicier and ten
derer.
Practical
Fanner Jones— What hev yer larned
at yer college, son?
Hon—Why, dad! I can throw the
hammer further than anyone there.
Farmer Jones —Thet's good. I guess
you'll hev no trouble in gittin' er job in
er blacksmith's shop then. Judge.
In t!»© Nature of H Wurnlof.
Elderly Relative (with means)— A
lfred, tins young Miss Peduncle yow
want to marry—what kind of girl la
■ho?
Young Man (with expectations con
tingent on elderly relative's last will
and testament) —Aujit Rachel, she Is
the best girl alive! She plays the piano
beautifully, she can paint on china,
speak French like a native, and
"Plays tennis, I suppose?"
"Oh, yes, sho's a capital tennis play
er."
"Rides a bloycle?"
"To perfection."
"Il'm—wear bloomers?"
" Kr—someti mcs."
(Grimly) "You'd better find out if
she can cook."—Chicago Tribune.
II«T Dvcollcln Onwni.
She talked of the hull anl those whcAJ Ix
there.
Anil niked If he'd go
He pleaded he really had nothing to weal*—
She knew that wan so.
"Hut neither have I." ahe then hastened to
any.—
He answered: "Society *ay« that you may
With perfect propriety fo there that way,
1 caa't, doa't you know."
—< bloa»ii Kreultui l'otfe
QUEBEC'S DEFENSES.
It I* Haiti Th»j Would No* Stand Aftlut
Modern Om
The time when Quebec could be called
the Gibraltar of America and the key
to the St. Lawrence, and Its much
vaunted citadel an impregnable fort
ress, is long since past. A series of re
markable admissions upon this score
has Just been made In an interriev
with a New York Sun correspondent
by a high official of the Canadian army.
The whole system of fortifications is
so obsolete that they are now positively
valueless, and under the modern
methods of attack and defense it la
certain that they would never be re
formed. At a distance of ten miles
from the citadel, whose fortifications,
designed by the duke of Wellington,
cost England some twentv-five million
dollars, modern ships of war could
silence and destroy the entire fortress
within an hour. The outer walls of
Qnebec, which cost the French govern
ment so much in treasure that one of
the kings Inquired if they were built of
gold, are even more worthless than
the works upon the citadel. Not half
a dozen modern guns have been
mounted upon any of Quebec's fortifica
tions within the last century. As a
fortress the whole place is being
gradually abandoned, and three hun
dred and fifty Canadian troops stationed
in the citadel would be withdrawn, but
for the fact that the ample barrack ac
commodation affords better facilities
for housing them than those to be had
elsewhere.
There are no possible means for pro
tecting Quebec from the operations of
a hostile fleet, the advance of which
must be checked by a naval defense at
the mouth of the St. Lawrence or in
the gulf.
One of the results of the neglect of
Quebec's fortifications of late is that
tourists and visitors find it much
easier to obtain admission to
the citadel and its works, and
the ones famous but now crum
bling towers, than heretofore, in strik
ing contrast to Halifax, where no
foreigner is permitted to view its
splendid new system of fortifications,
and nobody but officers in uniform is
admitted inside its citadel.
WHAT A KITTEN OAN DO.
How a Little Fellow Stopped a Street Car
In Baltimore.
One little kitten, about five inches in
length, held in check one morning re
sently the down-town traflio over the
City and Suburban railroad, says the
Baltimore Bnn. A summer car stopped
to take passengers, when the kitten,
standing on the sidewalk leisurely in
specting the car, suddenly determined
on a personal investigation of the inside
workings of rapid transit. She ran out
into the street immediately underneath
the heavy battery of the oar and began
elambering about the machinery. The
oonductor and several of the passengers
■aw her, and an effort was made to
chase the kitten away. Canes and um
brellas were thrust underneath the oar
at her, and many emphatlo commands to
"shoo!" were given, but It was evident
she was too new In the world to under
stand English.
The passengers enjoyed the joke at
first, but irhen it seemed that the kit
ten did not Intend to come out, those in
a hurry to begin the day's toll became
impatient, and the number of the res
cuers augmented rapidly. More canes
and more umbrellas were thrust at her,
likewise more speeohes of a wicked
turn. Rut she remained undisturbed
aud curled up as if she liked things in
general, and meant to spend the day
there. When at last it appeared to the
hurried passengers and irate conductor
that the only thing to do was to start
the car and crush out the poor little
kitten's life, she came to the conclusion
that there are othor pleasures in the
world besides rapid transit, and walked
out with the satisfied air of one who had
completely set at rest the cravings of
curiosity. Then the car proceeded.
TABLE TRICKS.
The Old Lady Wu Not Dp on Modern
Customs.
Such a dear old rustic lady sat next
me at a dinuer the other night. It
was quite a "swell" affair, in a fine
restaurant, and when the coffee stnjre
was reached she declined it and asked
for a cup of tea, which had to be
brewed expressly for her. I saw her
fidgeting around, says a writer in the
Louisville Post, so I asked her: "Can
I reach you anything?" "I can't find
my napkin ring," she whispered.
"There are none," was my next re
mark. "Ain't none? Mercy met Why
not?"
"It's not the custom," 1 answered.
"Well, it seems kind of alouchy," she
said. "We always have 'em at home."
"A napkin ring implies that the napkin
is to be used again," I explained, "and
that would not be considered good
form." Her tea had not come, and the
poor old soul felt grumpy, I suppose,
so this is what I got in sections: "Good
forml Mercy met I never saw such a
lot of fads as people are getting. Must
not cut fish with your knife and can't
have butter unless you ask for it, and
having Ice cream in the middle of your
dinner." She had received a punch be
tween the sweetbreads and the duck.
"And no tea unless you disturb the
whole table, and four or five kinds of
liquor"—she meant wine—"and women
drinking it and men smoking right
here before us, and you mustn't take
your fowl In your fingers. Well, Ido
wonder how I ever lived all these years
not knowing any of theae tricks!" Iler
tea reached her then and I heard no
more from her.
Aretlo Industry.
Modern Industry has a foothold In
the arctic regions. Mines are worked
on a large scale, and a railroad regu
larly operated in such high latitudes.
This is the case In Sweden, where the
Lulea-Gelllvare railroad, built for the
purpose of carrying Iron ore from the
(lellivare mines to the seaport of Lulea,
extends fifty miles above the arctic
circle, and enjoya the distinction of be
ing the first railroad to open up the
frigid zone.
A Chan#* for tk« Better.
Dick—Well, the heiress has accepted
Brown. He says he feels as if he was
walking on air.
Harry—That's better than living on
tt.—Puck.
Important Information.
A professor in the medical depart
ment of Columbia college asked one of
the more advanced students:
"What is tins name of the teeth that
a human being gets last?"
"False teeth, of course."—Tammany
Times.
Perfectly Safe.
Caller— Your coat of arms is very
pretty; but couldn't anyone else use it?
American Hostess —No, Indeed. Wo
paid the designer ten dollars extra to
have it copyrighted.— N. Y. Weekly.
How About the Cabbage Crop?
Smith—There Is one very strange
thing about you.
Urown —What Is It?
"You ure a wholesale cigar manu
facturer and yet you never take the
slightest interest In the tobacco erop."
"As it cigar manufacturer what have
I got to do with the tobacco crop?"—
Tammany Times.
A N«naUlv« Soul.
Miss Passo -80 you are really an art
ist I I adore art I
l)e Auber—Then I suppose you paint,
yourself, a little?
Miss P. (drawing herself up)—l think
you axe awfully rude, Mr. D« Auber.
JfUth.
TSTo 32
LOST CENTURIES AGO.
BPMBUIIOU ma to the Fat* of Sir WAITS*
Raleigh'# CdMj.
One of the most romantlo legends of
American history is that connected,
with the name of Virginia Dare, the
first white child of English descent
born on American soil, and the colony
of which her parents were members..
The colony was sent from England by*
Sir Walter Raleigh In 1587, and landed
on Roanoke island under Gov. John
White, who soon went back to England*
for supplies, and though he had left
his own family on the island, did not
oome back for three years. When ha
came back the colony had disappeared,
tho-igh there was no evidence that It
had been the victim of violence or
famine. It had simply moved, and had
indicated where it had gone. Gov.
White seems to have been singularly
indifferent to the fate of his family,
whose place of refuge he seems to have
known, and he did not prosecute any
search for them in parson, though Sir
Walter Raleigh sent five unsuccessful
expeditions to find the colony.
In the Mid-Continent Magazine,
Frances Jones Melton gives the reasons
for maintaining that the descendants
of the lost colony have been found In
the Croatans, on Lumber river, a mixed
people of English and Indian descent,
who bear English names, and ir.v.n v of
whom have the gray eyes, fair complex
ion and blonde hair of the Anglo-Saxon.
In the reconstruction period the name
of Henry Bell Lowrie was very famil
iar. He was classed as aa auth< >r, and
was prosecuted and persecuted by the
authorities of the reconstructed state,
to whom everybody not of mixed white
blood was a negro. This classification,
was vigorously resented by Lowrie and
his people, who are proud of their de
scent and have kept themselves distinct
from whites, negroes and Indians alike.
Miss Melton gives a very interesting
acoount of these peculiar people, and
the evidence she summarizes makes a
strong support for her claims that they
are the descendants of 81r Walter's lost
oolony.
THAT TERRIBLE SPARROW.
Be If No* Quite So Black aa He la
Painted.
Perhaps the strongest argument!
against the sparrow 1s that he drivea
away the song birds. In certain cases
that is possibly true. When the ooming
of song birds is encouraged by the
building of boxes for them to nest in!
the sparrow is quite prone to oust the!
song birds and to take possession of th®
boxes. If he finds a tree to be particu
larly convenient he takes possession of
that, and so it is unfortunately true
that some of our native songsters are
rarer than they used to be.
Unfortunately, however, says Our;
Animal Friends, the sparrow Is the
least of the enemies of our song birds.
The bobolink has become rare In New
England, but It is the mowing machine!
and the early cutting of hay, not the'
sparrow, that has driven him away, and
elsewhere it is to the small boy and to
the purveyor of the restaurant, who go
out to kill anything aud everything!
that has got wings, that we owe the
disappearance of our song birds much)
more than to the sparrow.
In Europe song birds and
thrive together, and for one song bird:
that is native to the United States there
are at least ten or twenty that are
abundant in Europe. In the Unitedi
States we have few song birds, and:
they ought to be protected against all
enemies, even the sparrow, but in!
Europe the larks, the finches, and the,
nightingales find no difficulty in living
in the neighborhood of the sparrow,,
and in this country, if w® would take
away the gun from the small boy and!
put the purveyor of the restaurant In'
Jail, it is probable that our song birds
would flourish quite well in spite of
the sparrow.
CATCHING DOQS IN OKLAHOMA.
Bow the Paopl* DMI with Con That
Have Forfeited All Rights.
Down in Oklahoma they have many
queer ways and queer things. The way
they dispose of outlaw dogs, says the
Kansas City Star, would osuse a citizen
of Kansas City, who is used to the com
paratively peaoeful ways of the dog
catcher ana his wire noose and pro
fanity, a shock. They have neither
wagon nor noose in Oklahoma cities,
but they have few stray curs whioh
have forfeited their right to live be
cause they have no master. Not long
ago a Kansas City man stood on one of
the principal streets of a bustling town,
looking up and down and figuring oh
the tablet of his mind a future great
city, when up the street he heard the
report of a gun and saw a crowd of
people ran in every direction. "Ah!"
he thought, "a tragedy. What luck."
For your ordinary peaceful citizen likes
nothing better than the stimulus of a
shock of that kind when in a country
with a reputation for desperate deeds
and men. Stand in the street was a
smsll man holding a smoking shotgun,
and writhing upon the ground was a
big yellow dog. Another shot and the
dog was dead. Then the crowd
swarmed in aud the man with the gun
wormed his way out, followed by a
crowd of adoring small boys. It was
the city dog catcher. No noose and
long torture for dogs In that town.
The city executioner Just loads up his
gun and goes out and cancels a dog or
two, and then collects a salary from the
town.
A Crimson Watsr-Wajr.
One curiosity of coastwise naviga
tion in the Gulf of Mexico used to b»
Grant's passage on tho Inside route
from Mobile to Pensaoola. The inside
voyage Is made by orooked way of
waterways separated from the open
gulf by narrow banks of sand. A man
named' Grant straightened a part of the
passage by digging a canal to give deep
water at a point where a wide detour
used to lie necessary. He set up a
little lighthouse to aid navigators, and
then charged toll upon all vessels pass
ing through. The passage was of some
Importance during the period when
north and south were fighting over the
defenses »!*>"•
A Qoeatlon of Comfort.
• "I should think," remarked Mr.
Lushforth, "that a woman would be
clear miserable carrying around those
swelled sleeves."
"They are not half so uncomfortable
as a swelled head," said Mrs. L in so
sweet a tone that he deemed It wise to
close the discussion.—Cincinnati Trib
une.
Would Htop tho Crowing.
ltev. Dr. Heavyweight (who has Jus!
read "Peter's Denial of Christ") —What
arc you so thoughtful 'bout, Undo
'Rastus?
Uncle 'Rastus—l was thinkin', massa
parson, dat if de Apostle Peter had only
been a cullud gemman, dat rooster
wouldn't have crowed more'n once.—
Puck.
Musical Itom.
Mrs. Neighborly—What are you go
ing to mako out of your son?
Mrs. Fondmother—We are going to
make a piano player out of him.
"How far has lie got?"
"Ho hasn't commenced to take les
sons yet, but we are letting his hair
grow."—Texas Siftings.
Wring Him nope.
The pretty girl was lavishing a
wealth of affection on her mastiff and
the very soft young man was watching
her.
"I wish I wore a dog," he said, lan
gulshingly.
"Don't worry," she replied, "youH
.grow."—Detroit Free Press.